The 😹 emoji expresses a fit of laughter intense. His face is marked by two tears of joy and a wide-open mouth.
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😹: The Meanings and Uses of the Laughing Cat Emoji
The emoji 😹 a cat crying with joy is the feline version of the a face crying with laughter. It belongs to the group of smilies dedicated to the joy and fit of laughter. You can recognize it by its cat's head, his smiling eyes, his two tears and his mouth wide open in a broad smile.
Its level of hilarity is more intense than that of 😺, which conveys a gentler joy. The difference between 😂 It's simple: it means exactly the same thing, but in chat form. You choose 😹 when your message is actually about cats.
You can use it in a variety of situations:
- respond to a absurd joke,
- comment on a comedic content on social networks,
- respond to a funny situation,
- to mention a cat in an amused tone.
The Origin of the Emoji
The 😹 emoji originated from two proposals submitted to the Consortium Unicode, in 2007 then in 2009. These two texts combined 753 emojis to be encoded all at once.
- The first one, L2/07-257 (2007), was titled Working Draft Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols. It was worn by Markus Scherer, Kat Momoi and Mark Davis.
- The second, L2/09-026 (2009), was called Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding. It featured the same authors on the Googlemore Yasuo Kida, Peter Edberg (Apple) And Darick Tong (Google).
After approval, the cat that cries tears of joy is officially recognized in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. It becomes available on keyboards with the version Emoji 1.0, published on August 17, 2015. You can find all this information on the official Unicode emoji versions page.
the face from cat crying with joy varies depending on the platform. On Apple, them eyes from cat are very expressive. On Google and Microsoft, the face is more stylized. On Android, them tears remain clearly visible.
To give you a concrete idea, here are three examples of sentences where you can slip this emoji in:
- You always manage to make me cry with laughter with your absurd jokes—it's crazy 😹 😹.
- Didn't you see what he was wearing this morning? I was laughing so hard 😹 😹 😹.
- My neighbor's cat is scratching at my door again—he spotted me at the grocery store the other day 😹.
Features of the 😹 emoji
This cat emoji belongs to the category Smileys and emotions. Her smiling face with two tears and his eyes These features make it one of the emojis the most commonly used to express a laugh to tears.
Here are the technical specifications for the 😹 emoji:
| Version | Emoji 1.0 (2015) |
| Common Name | Cat crying with joy |
| Category | Smileys and emotions |
| Sub-category | cat-face |
| Last name Apple | Cat head crying with joy |
| Unicode code point | U+1F639 |
| Decimal code (ALT) | ALT+128569 |
| Unicode Version | 6.0 (2010) |
| Key words | face, smile, joy, crying with laughter, cat crying with joy |
| Other names | cat emoji crying with laughter, smiling cat emoji with two tears |
To copy and paste the 😹 emoji cat crying with joy, select it, and use the shortcut to copy (Ctrl+C on Windows, Cmd+C on Mac), then paste it into your message.
If your keyboard doesn't display the list of emojis, use the code point Unicode U+1F639 or the decimal code ALT+128569. Its official name in English is cat with tears of joy.
In French, we also refer to a cat that laughs until it cries, of a cat laughing until it cries or of a face smiling through tears in the chat version.
If you want to discover other meanings of the cat emoji, check out this emoji: 😽
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